THETRINITARIAN® OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE ANGLICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH / MARCH-APRIL 2013 T L A 6 A i 4 D t h n 1 t D l e 3 g e R t l T S o E i . c r S n E a S , i l n C a n S t i O E i t C R S a t V 8 a . r 0 I t C i 1 a h E 2 n o 0 R l E i Q c U C E h S T u E r D c h FOR THE CHILDREN UK CHARITY AIDS KIDS P e U D r N m . P e S o i n . t n A v P N - e WITH NEEDS o P r I s o r , t o D C . a 5 f g O i 3 t e 7 redo Kids is a newly 7 established British char- ity founded by the Rt. Rev. Damien Mead, Bishop of the United Kingdom, to provide SYNOD CCfunding for educational equipment for children with disabilities and complex medical needs. PLANS IN The initial concept for this charity goes back to August 2000, when then-Father Mead and ACC member Roy Hipkiss es- Bishop Mead welcomes participants to a “Name That Tune” contest benefitting PLACE tablished Credo Care Ltd., an indepen- Credo Kids at Lydd Golf Club. More than £500 was raised. dent fostering agency specializing in the BIENNIAL MEETING placement in foster families of children and young people who are disabled or need SET FOR OCT.23-25 special medical attention. Beginning with just £12,000 and a din- lans have been finalized for the ing table for a desk, 13 years on the com- XX Provincial Synod, sched- pany has an annual turnover of more than uled to take place Oct. 23-25 in £3.5 million and looks to double its size Newport Beach, California, U.S.A. over the next three years. P The registration fee for delegates, alter- More importantly, Bishop Mead says, it nates and observers is US$200, which is has helped hundreds of children by “offer- US$35 higher than the fee for 2011’s XIX ing good, happy foster families in place of Provincial Synod in West Palm Beach, what, for many, would have been life in Florida. For those not staying at the New- hospital or residential homes.” port Beach Hyatt Hotel, where synod meet- In those early days Bishop Mead felt ings take place, the fee is US$215. very strongly that the agency should be a CREDO CARE ARCHIVES “The reason for this price difference is charity. For various reasons, however, it Donations to Credo Kids help disabled children like these to learn. to offset the additional charges the ACC was decided to register Credo Care itself must bear should we not meet our contract- as a private not-for-profit company and to Mead, together with fellow directors Mr. Credo Kids provides funding for such ed room pick-up total because delegates focus on becoming a leader in this catego- Hipkiss and Greg Nicholls, wanted to help educational and communicational equip- are not staying at the contracted hotel,” ry, which it has done successfully. these special children in other ways. The ment, which may be computers, iPads, explained Provincial Secretary Deborah S. “Credo Care was also intended, original- result, after much planning and careful sensory devices or those resembling more Weaver, who as in years past is coordinat- ly, to have a closer tie to the Church,” thought, is Credo Kids. traditional toys and games. ing the synod. Bishop Mead says. “However, due to the The premise is simple: While statutory Applications for full grants, contribu- Deadline for registration is Oct. 1. For challenges facing Christian organizations, government grants and allowances can be tions or “matching funding” can be made registrations received after that date, the fee especially those operating services in the secured on behalf of disabled children (fos- to the charity, which has established a com- rises to US$215 for those staying at the social care sector in the UK now, due to tered, adopted or living with their natural mittee to oversee the distribution of funds. Hyatt and US$225 for those staying else- government legislation, the decision was birth parents) to provide specialist equip- These funds have come from donations where. made to keep Credo Care (and thus the ment such as wheelchairs, beds and bath (both corporate and individual) and The registration fee covers breakfasts for charity) outside of formal religious affili- hoists, and other “essential living equip- through money-raising events such as quiz the three days of synod and the banquet on ation.” ment,” it is very difficult to secure fund- evenings, stalls and a band concert in the the evening of Oct. 24. The cost for those But its avowed foundation, he adds, is ing for equipment that can help enhance Parish Church in Lydd on the Romney wishing to attend the banquet only is $70. “upon what can be termed broadly ‘Christ- disabled children’s abilities to interact and Marsh, where Bishop Mead lives and where A room rate of US$115 per night plus ian principles.’” communicate, especially those who lack the With Credo Care a success, Bishop ability to communicate verbally. Please see CREDO KIDS/4 Please see SYNOD/3 WWW.ANGLICANCATHOLIC.ORG 2 THETRINITARIAN MARCH-APRIL 2013 METROPOLITAN’S MESSAGE THE MOST REV.MARK HAVERLAND THETRINITARIAN® VOL. XXXII, NO. 2 MARCH-APRIL 2013 THETRINITARIAN, the Official Gazette of the Anglican TRUE RELIGION AND Catholic Church, was first published in April 1979 as the official voice of the Diocese of the Holy Trinity. In 1982, it became a churchwide publication of The Anglican Catholic Church. 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